"Isn't It Obvious...? Blow It Up!"

A few months later...

[Ding! You've reached the fifth layer of the Foundation Realm.]

"Alright... now I should be prepared for rat hunting." Long Yu sighed heavily.

For the past few months, he has completely mastered a lot of ice spells, formations, and useful alchemy pills and spent the rest of the time cultivating and practicing swordsmanship.

Surprisingly, Gu Ling didn't come to him even once during this time.

His cultivation speed was slow, to say the least.

For example, Ye Chen was already at the peak of the foundation realm.

Luo Yang had already broken through the nascent soul realm... and many more.

In simpler terms, he was behind all of them.

[The upgrade has been completed!]

[The host has unlocked 1% of his original talent.]

"Finally..."

This was the moment Long Yu was waiting for, and the only reason he didn't go "rat hunting".

He was wainting until he was powerful enough.

After all, his system cannot intervene in the world and simply rescue him when he's in bad situations.

And he wasn't dumb enough to risk his cultivation, because he knew that he wouldn't die so soon because of his high luck.

"Huff....!!!"

And suddenly, he felt a warmth spreading from his chest to the rest of his body. It was gentle at first, like the morning sun warming his skin.

But soon, it grew stronger, a powerful force flowing through his veins.

He closed his eyes, focusing on the strange sensation.

It was as if the energy was searching, moving deeper, reaching for something hidden inside him.

Suddenly, his dantian, the core of his cultivation, began to react.

The energy swirled around his dantian, faster and faster, like a whirlpool in the middle of a quiet lake.

"Haah...!"

Long Yu's breath caught in his throat as he felt a sudden surge.

The swirling energy in his dantian exploded outward, then pulled back in, revealing a bright, shining golden river.

This river was vast and majestic, flowing with incredible force and brilliance.

It was as if all the gold in the world had melted into this river, shimmering with a light so bright that it was almost blinding.

"...The fuck is this?"

[Immortal Qi.]

"Ah... you're lying, right?"

[No.]

"I'm not even in the 7th heaven... and you're telling me that I have Immortal Qi on my body?"

[That's right.]

"Doesn't that mean that you just turned me into a cauldron?"

[Uhh... basically? I mean, it's part of your talent.]

"And what am I supposed to do with it? If I reveal it... I might as well kill myself." Long Yu sighed.

If one person had a single strand of immortal qi on his body, he could directly ascend to the 5th heaven directly.

Just kidding, he'd probably exploded from the amount of divinity on it.

But, of course, that wouldn't happen to Long Yu.

[Relax... Only a few people in the first heaven know about Immortal Qi.]

"Yup. Shen Huiying, Ji Ningshuang, and Nanhua Caiyi. Lucky for me! I have met all of them except Ji Ningshuang! Ohooo!!!" Long Yu cheered... sadly.

"Whatever... all of my natural talents have increased. Time to go rat hunting..." He smiled faintly.

[Who are you going to "hunt" first?]

"Luo Yang... obviously."

"He's the highest threat to me right now... Luo Shengxue... well, I also wonder why she didn't visit met."

"But she isn't much of a threat."

[Host... you should remember that the auction is in a few weeks.]

"Ah... I'll go and steal Luo Yang's opportunity, I have enough time in my hands for now."

Long Yu said thoughtfully.

For him, the best time was to steal Luo Yang's opportunity in front of him, but currently, Luo Yang was in a secret realm that he had found by "chance".

Totally by not stalking some "protagonists".

However, the real problem wasn't Luo Yang, but his guardian. Every Holy Son or Holy Daughter has one, and they are annoying as fuck.

Sip....!

"This wine tastes really good..." Long Yu sighed in satisfaction.

"In the cultivation world... time really passes first." he said as he looked at the bright blue sky.

He jumped into his spiritual sword and made his way directly towards a familiar place.

[Just one question... why did you pass a damaged body to Ye Chen?]

"...Phew, the weather is quite sunny today, huh?"

[...]

"Fuck, did you really think I'd pass a divine body to someone that easily? Much lees to a protagonist?!" Long Yu scoffed at the system.

"We've been together for like 8 months, and you still don't know how freaking cautious I am?"

[Well... you're mentally unstable. Who sleeps while holding their sword']

"Meh."

[Fair enough. Still... you are blocking my vision in so many things! How am I supposed to know what you're trying to do?]

"Just don't."

[...]

[I'm curious though... What exactly did you put in that Yang Body?]

"An extreme cold energy."

[...You're a demon.]

"He'll figure it out himself eventually. Besides, I still need him to get some opportunities... I might kill him in the 3rd or 2nd heaven, though."

[What about the 7th heaven secret inheritance?]

"I don't need it. It's a pure light-yang inheritance... I previously wanted the strength of its pure yang qi, but now that I have immortal qi, what would I need that for?"

[Did you forget that he's an Immortal Emperor? How are you so confident?]

"Immortal Emperor...?" Long Yu mumbled with a faint chuckle.

"He's weak. He let his emotions intervene on his decisions, and because of that, he was easily manipulated by the 'me' from his timeline."

"Pathetic."

[Says the one who spent most of his time gathering rewards to make sure that he wouldn't die.]

"Says the one who can't even control the power given to him."

[....]

"We've finally reached this darn place." He suddenly uttered as he saw a small cave with luminous cyan crystals all over the walls.

"A nameless inheritance... it's funny how this same inheritance was the thing that made him almost die."

[So... what's your plan?]

"Isn't it obvious...? Blow it up!"